Corruption affects poor people the most as they are the most vulnerable. These ofteninclude women, children, the elderly and those wrestling with chronic disease. Withoutresources at their disposal they simply have fewer options when confronting barriers toaccessing basic public services and other resources. They also tend to be most affectedby the misallocation of public resources and the resulting inhibited economic development.Programmes to combat poverty are also adversely affected by corruption andare thus made ineffective